Influence of Patient-Specific Characteristics on Transcatheter Heart Valve Neo-Sinus Flow: An In Silico Study

ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING(2020)

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Thrombosis in post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients has been correlated with flow stasis in the neo-sinus. This study investigated the effect of the post-TAVR geometry on flow stasis. Computed tomography angiography of 155 patients who underwent TAVR using a SAPIEN 3 were used to identify patients with and without thrombosis, and quantify thrombus volumes. Six patients with 23-mm SAPIEN 3 valves were then selected from the cohort and used to create patient-specific post-TAVR computational fluid dynamic models. Regions of flow stasis (%Vol stasis , velocities below 0.05 m/s) were identified. The results showed that all post-TAVR anatomical measurements were significantly different in patients with and without thrombus, but only sinus diameter had a linear correlation with thrombus volume ( r = 0.471, p = 0.008). A linear correlation was observed between %Vol stasis and thrombus volume ( r = 0.821, p = 0.007). The combination of anatomy and valve deployment created a unique geometry in each patient, which when combined with patient-specific cardiac output, resulted in distinct flow patterns. While parametric studies have shown individual anatomical or deployment metrics may relate to flow stasis, the combined effects of these metrics potentially contributes to the biomechanical environment promoting thrombosis, therefore hemodynamic studies of TAVR should account for these patient-specific factors.
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement,CFD,Thrombosis
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